Scaled-back Black Oak Wind Farm nears public hearing

Enfield wind farm environmental impact statement available

6:23 PM,
Jul. 5, 2013

- -2/3/2001, 1G: ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY, JAN. 23--A giant wind turbine dwarfs a high tension power line on the Decker family farm in Garrett, Pa., Dec. 20, 2000. Green Mountain Wind Farm, the first commercial wind-energy project in Pennsylvania, went online in May and is producing enough juice to power several thousand homes in this state and New Jersey. (AP Photo/Gary Tramontina)

Written by

Andrew Casler
| acasler@gannett.com

A scaled-back proposal for the Black Oak Wind Farm is moving forward, and the project has an upcoming public hearing.

A public hearing on the project's draft environmental impact statement is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Enfield Community Building, 182 Enfield Main Road.

"It is a one-way flow public input to the town board," said Black Oak Wind Farm Project Manager Marguerite Wells. "It's not a dialog; it's not a commentary; it's not us giving any information about the project, but simply giving feedback on the environmental impact statement." ...